189, Lot: 187. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2412. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

C. Cassius. 42 BC. AR Denarius (18mm, 3.92 g, 6h). Military mint, probably at Smyrna. P. Cornelius Lentulus Spinther, legate. Tripod with fillet hanging on either side, surmounted by cortina (cauldron) and two laurel branches / Jug and lituus. Crawford 500/1; CRI 219; Sydenham 1308; RSC 7. EF, small area of flat strike.